The set-up: In Stark Naked Theatre Company's season finale, Macbeth, real-life couple and co-directors Philip Lehl and Kim Tobin tackle Shakespeare's most murderous, married tag-team. I'm not sure who wins. The execution: Any staging of Shakespeare is required viewing, if only to experience his glorious language in action. Reading the Bard is no substitute for watching talented performers put him across with masterful flair and conviction. Knotty phrases which can seem so impenetrable on the page are rendered clear and clean when Stark Naked's ensemble sinks their skills into them. The Jacobean dust of centuries past is blown away, and Shakespeare is brought smack into our life, vivid and...
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